Winding-frame.



- G. P. J. STIVERS.

WINDING FRAME. APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.12, 1906.

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PATENT-ED APR. 23. 1907.

No. 851,144. PATBNTED APR. 23, 1907.

G. P. J. STIVER S.

WINDING FRAME.

AYPLIOATION FILED SEPT.12, 190a.

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G. P- J. STIVERS. WINDING FRAME. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-.12, 1906.

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YEIITUR WITNESSES AAA Pl'iiladelphia and UNITED STATES GEORGE Pltll l lllt JOSEPI I S'IIVERH,

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WINDING-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, latented April 23, 1907.

Apnlinatiou filed September 12,1906. Serial No. 334.228.

1'0 11/, 11:71 out it may concern:

Be it known that l, (luouou PICIFFER Josnrn S'rivicns, a citizen oi theUnited States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of State ofPennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful linproven'tents in Windlug-Frames;and I do declare the following to he a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which. it appertains to make and use the same, relerence beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

' This invcntionrelates to a windingframe or jack Winder, and has forits object to provide a construction, whereby I am enabled to increasethe number of spindles orbobbins, and consequently the output of themachine Without increasing the amount of floor space occupied by themachine.

A further object is to provide novel mech anism for feeding the yarnupon the l; obbins.

I Ieretoforo in the branch of the art to which my invention pertains,winding frames have been provided having spools, the ends of yarn uponthe spools leading to the bobbins arranged in a single row along thefront of the machine, the capacity of the machine being limited to thenumber of bobbins contained in the row. By my construction andarrangemer-it of mechanism, l. am enabled to increase the number ofrowsof bobbin's, and

' at the same time automatically and simultaneously feed the yarn toeach row by my improved feeding mechanisn'i, designed for this purpose.

The invention thercli )10 consists in the parts and. combination. ofparts shown in the drawings, described in the specification, and moreparticularly pointed out in the (ilitlll'lS.

In the drawings z--l igu re I is a plan View of enough of a windii'igframe to illustrate the application of my invention thereto. Figure 2 isa side eleyatioi'i oi the same Figure 3 is a detail view showing tworows of bobbins and the means for feeding the yarn thereto.

Figure 4 is a partial plan view oi the meansforopcralingthefeedingmechanisni. Figure 5 is a detail view of thefeeding mechanis Figure 6 a perspective view of the vertici'iiiyreciprocating screw shaft and the bearing carried"thereby. Figure 7 is aside elevation 01' the feeding mechanism. .l igurc 6 is a detail view ofa modified form of feeding 1uechl l 1 is an end i anisnt Figure. U is adetail view ol'themechanism shown in Figure 8. FlglJi'G is a partialscctioi'ial detail view of the means for impart in an initial windingupon the bobbins, and, ligurcs I l 8; 12 are detail views of the same.

In the several views similar ligurcs of reference indicatescorrcspimding parts.

The numeral I indicates the table, upon which is mounted in suitablebearings 2, the gudgcons 2-; carried by each spool 4, that contains theyarn to be wound upon the bobi bins 5, there being as many bobbins 5 asthere are ends of the yarn upon the spools 4-.

(i designates the main driving shaft of the machine, which receivespower from any preferred source ol" supply in the usual or in anypreferred man ner, and upon this shaft is carried a drum 7, over which,and a pulley 8 i i l l 5, runs the cords If), consequently as the shaft6 revolved, motion is imparted to the drum 7 and to the spindles andbobbins, and the yarn is unwound from the spool 4 and wound upon thebobbins. 1

To secure the requisite tension upon the yarn so as to wind evenly uponthe bobbins, 1 have 'i'rovided a tension plate I], which bears upon theyarn uponthe spool with suIIicient pressure to insure the propertension. To accomplish this end, lv havcprovidcd a bearing 1;, whichguides a rod 13, that carries upon its upper end the plate I], the lowerend being bent to form a support 14 for a plurality of weights 1 bytheemployment of more or less weights I ani enabled to regulate the.tension ol" the. yarn .to a nicety. Secured upon the table iearing It;and inner bearings 17, .in which are journaled a plurality of shafts 18,which carry at intervals along their length arms 19, the shafts beinglocated in I front of the bobbins and the arms extending at their free.ends to a point in rear of the bobbins andcarry a rod or wire 20, underwhich the yarn runs and by which as the rod is moved the yarn is ledupon the bobbins. I

.ln Iceding the yarn it is necessary that an initial winding of severallayers be wound upon the lower end of the bobbins, alter which the yarnis fed to the bobbins in layers for a short distance, the l l graduallyuntil the entire bobbins are :lilled, i this operation beingaccomplished by rocl l ing the shafts 18 slightly, and alter each uponthe spindles 9 which carries the bobbins 5, consequently aycrsbcingadvanced being similar gear tics-11y reciproc movement of the rodsadvancing the rods slightly to feed a. succeeding layer slightly inadvance of the previous lcyer. To ace-oinplish this end, upon one end ofshafts 18 is secured similer segments '21, which mesh with a segment 22secured upon a stub shaft 23, and upon the opposite cnrl of shaft 23 Isec?" .1. lever 34, which is connected by a link 25 with the feedingmechanism.

The feeding mechanism comprises a. shaft 26' journelerl in bearings 27,and upon seid shaft is s gear-wheel 28 which meshes with a car 29,secured upon the driving shaft 6. pon the op osite end of shaft 26is'secure-ii a. I'nitre whee 30, which meshes with s. fnitre wheel 31,secured upon a shaft 32 journeleil in suitable bearings 33, carried bythe under frame 34 of the machine, and. upon the opposite end of shaft32 is n rnitre wheel 35, which in turn meshes with a mitre Wheel 36csrried by sshaft 37, journeled in hearings 38 secured upon the underframe 34. Also journsled in the bearings 38 is a shaft 39, there Wheels4041' secured upon shafts 37 & 39 respectively, whereby mot-ion impartedto shaft 37 is imparted-to shaft 39, the shsits moving in oppositedirections but with the same speed.

Arranged in the tshlc 1v is s hearing 42, and projecting from the innerhearing 38 for shafts 37 & 39 is a bearing 43, for n ersting feedscrew't-L, the lower end which passes through. the bearings 42 8; '43,hein; square in cross section, whereby the screw ishehl from turning,the UPDQIQDii being threaded as shown at 4:5 and carried by the upperend is the feed hearing 46 having lugs 47, between wl' ich passes theupper eml oi the link 25 heretofore described, and by which the bearing46 is held from turning.

Bearing 46 comprises two hubs 48 joined by the arm 49, which in turncarries it hub 50 for a shaft 51, and. secured upon the screw is a bevelgear 52 having its here thread i, said bevel gear meshing with a. hovelgear 53 secured upon shaft 51, wherchyes sh sit 51 is revolved motion isimpertel to gee-ifs 6% 52 end the hearing ii) fed. slung the screw 44,but as screw 44 is I'GClPEOCittFil, as will he hereinafter described,the ore carries the binning and the arm 24 is moved through. the mediumof link 25 in vertical slinement with screw 44 is csm.

54, whereby as shaft 30 revolved reciprocetory movement imparted toscrew 44 and through the nuwliuni'o'l' segments '22 sud 21, it rockingmotion to shniis '98 end. it vertical motion in }'U(lt- 3F. \vlunvhy :ivlayer oi ysrnis fed to the holmins lo :1. short listence along theirlength.

In order to advance the iced slung the length of the hohhins, l irovirlcmeans for revolving thc'genr 52 and lcerhng' the lHHllHQ ,l the 46,thisoperzition living; accomplishes by seii 1; 51, which meshes curinga. gear 55 upon sh Semirctl upon shaft 39 construction l l i with a rack56, upon rod 57, as the screw remprocstcs in one direction Lelaasing;the inch from engagement as the screw on mechanism csrricrl thereby rccinrocotcs in the opposite direction To accomplish this end the lower endof rod 57 extends in slime ment with 2. com 58 whereby r the screw islowered by cam 54, com hm es the lower end of rod 5. forward and(liscngsges the rack from gear 55, the rod pivoted st to the table 1;Secured. upon shalt 51 is a, hand lever 60 by which means the hearingmay be returned to its originsl position by hand. I

in Figs. 8 8t 9, I hsve illustreteu s modified.- in which I rovicie areel: 56' rigidly secured to the table snclet all times in mesh withgear 55, the gesr'in' this con: struction being loosely mounted uponshaft 5l. Secured upon shaft 5' in close proximity to gear 55 is aratchet wheel 61 with which ratchet 62 engages, the ratchet being helriin engagement by spriugfitfi. COTLPF' quently as hearing 46 is rsisecithe rstchet will carry the ratchet Wheel and consequently resolve shaft51 and feed the hen-snif snii 0 when the hearing is lowered the ratchetsnislip into the tooth or of the rntch wheel, the number of teeth cen hercggulstcil according to size of the cem, ready for the next 0 erstion.in ligs. 8-1G-11 & 12, i have shown the means for securing an initislwinding or series of layers upon the hohhin' heri'vtofore mentioned,ss-icl. arrangement cempri mg; it means whereby severslreciproz i heimparted to the screw 4; ans. homing 1: tore the hearing is fed alongaccomp sh this end, isecure z i sleeve the here of the sleeve 0 ringthreszh ed, said sleeve carrying an arm 65 upon which is e slidingsleeve &6 which. carries 11 pin. 67, said pin projecting into n spiralgroove 65% in the under side oi gs 5:2 :18. shown in Figs. it) 1.23,conseqi. lo. eer 52 will revolve until the pin 67 contacts with the end.of groove st (39, st which, time the gain will carry the l eve alongwith it curl. feed the hearing is, ,heen here-t iore described. Havingtims described my n. "ention, what i'cleim' as new and desire to secureLei, tors-Patent 7 in s winding frame, spools, s, inrslity of rows oi,spindles containing; hohoins led from said spools, e rock she-ftadjacent to each row of spindles 8305i cote -r'tions hetwecn the shellsso that they move in unison,- l'ced IOilfi carried hy each rock shaft,:1 Teeth ing: inoclnmism for rocking the shelter sud imwont to the l'emirods during: one portion of each i'apcrotion oi the feed ng mechanism,and for revolving the shafts sons to advance movement heretoforementioned during 1 the remaining portion of the operation of the IOK afeeding mechanism, whereby the spindles are fed and the feed is advancedduring each complete operation of the feeding mechanism.

2. .111 a winding frame, a feeding mechanism, a segment operatedthereby, sii'nilar seg ments meshing therewith, rock shafts upon which.said latter segments are secured, and guide rods carried by the rockshafts.

3. In a winding frame, a reciprocating screw, a bearing carried therebythrough the medium of a revoluble part, means for revolving the said art11 ion oneareciprocation of the screw an in arlvancing the bearing,

in combination with rock shafts carrying guide rods, an. arm for rockingthe shafts, and connections between the bearing and the arm.

4. In a winding frame, rook shafts carrying guide rods and means forrocking said shafts comprising segments and an arm. for

moving the segments a reciprocating screw and means for reciprocatingthe same a bearing carried by the screw and a link connecting thebearing and the aforesaid arm.

5. In a winding frame, rock shafts carrying guide rods and means forrocking said shafts comprising segments and an arm for moving thesegment, a reciprocating screw and means for reciprocating the same, ahearing carried by the screw connected to the aforesaid arm, and meansfor advancing the bearing upon. the screw during alternatereciprocations thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE PEIFFER JOSEPH STIVERS.

' Witnesses C. JAs. WEBSTER, AGNES M. HILL.

